diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
index b903bf5e60064b13d808a488eb54858318a75c29..21f6531fae20fc1e010f499923cde964540b895a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int imc_pmu_create(struct device_node *parent, int pmu_index, int domain)
 static void disable_nest_pmu_counters(void)
 {
 	int nid, cpu;
-	struct cpumask *l_cpumask;
+	const struct cpumask *l_cpumask;
 
 	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_node(nid) {